Improvement in hame-fastenings



L. S. FLATAU. Hame-Paste'ning.

No. 206,430. Patenied July 30,1878.

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Louis s. FLATAU, or ri'rtrsnune, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAME-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,430, dated July 30, 1878; application filed June 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS S. FLATAU, of Pittsburg, in the county of (lamp and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Hame-Fastening, of which the following is a specification In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front View of my improved hamefastening in position of being locked. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same in position of bein g unfastened. Fig. 3 is a detail top view of one of the hame-straps and the lever-hook attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish a cheap, durable, and convenient hame-fastening, easily attachable to the hames and not liable to be detached by accident.

The invention consists in the combination, with the slotted metallic hame-straps, of a double-recessed lever-hook, constructed as hereinafter described.

A A are metallic straps, provided with the slots to a and permanently secured to the hames by hooking their ends 1) into the hameloops I), and closing the hook I) around the wire of the loop, as shown in the drawing. B is the lever-hook, of about the shape of a chainlink, 0, open at one side, and there provided with the downward-projectin g arm or lever D, which latter is bent up at its lower end, and has a ring, d, attached through a hole to it. The exterior shape of the part 0 is immaterial, so long as it is provided with the inner recesses 0, arranged opposite to each other.

The lever-hook B is inserted through the slot a of the hame-strap A, and is prevented from being accidentally detached from the said strap by a cross-pin or other stop, 0, in-

serted tightly in a hole in the side of the link 0, at the upper end of the leverhook B, and by the aforesaid ring'd, at the lower end of the lever-hook B.

To unhook the hames, the lever D is raised by the ring (I in direction of the arrow until the end of the strap A slides out of its recess 0 in the lever-hook and along the lever D toyyard the ring (I, thus slackening the tie sufliciently to allow of removing the end of the strap A from its recess 0 and lifting the double hook or link 0 out of the slot a. The straps A A and lever-hook B will then naturally drop in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the bent end of the lever D, near the ring (I, lodged in the end of the slot a. To fasten the hames, it is only necessary to hook the link 0 in the slot a of the hame-strap A, and bring the lever D down into the position of Fig. 1, until the end of the strap A again lodges in the recess 0 of the part 0 of the lever-hook B.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The double-recessed hook B, provided with the stops 0 d, in combination with the slotted metallic heme-straps A A, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS S. FLATAU.

Witnesses:

A. S. HUEY, JAMES H. HUEY. 

